Mary Bidwell Breed

Mary Bidwell Breed
Born September 15, 1870
Pittsburgh
Died 1949

Mary Bidwell Breed (15 September 1870–1949) was an American chemist.

Biography

Mary Bidwell Breed was born on 15 September 1870 in Pittsburgh.[1] She was educated at Bryn Mawr College, where she received three degrees and her PhD in 1901, and Heidelberg University.[1] Before finishing her doctorate Breed was head of the science department at Pennsylvania College for Women. Her research focus was on aromatic acids and the atomic weight of palladium.[1] Breed was the dean of women at Indiana University from 1901 to 1906 (the first female dean at the university), a position from which she denounced the segregation of men and women into certain academic fields.[2][3][4] Her work is not well documented after 1906.[1]

Breed died in 1949.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Marilyn Ogilvie, Joy Harvey (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. Routledge. ISBN 1135963436. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Jana Nidiffer, Carolyn Terry Bashaw (2001). Women Administrators in Higher Education. SUNY Press. p. 142. ISBN 0791448177.
  3. ↑ Roger B. Winston, Don G. Creamer, Theodore K. Miller (2013). The Professional Student Affairs Administrator: Educator, Leader, and Manager. Routledge. p. 172. ISBN 1134944306.
  4. ↑ "Mary Bidwell Breed". Indiana University. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Coffin, Francis (October 7, 1949). "Princeton Alumni Weekly" 50. p. 16. Retrieved 30 March 2014.